The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-02-18
Ladies' Department.
Two Dinner Parties.--ll.

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consist of ourselves"
"Roast. boiled or stewed?' inquir
ed Mr.. Whitaker, with an air of re-
spectful submission.
"Au mottrel, I hope" said Jessie
George.
"Then we'll be tough" returned
Mr.. Whitaker, land fiat too, unless
We use no end of pepper and vinegar
with ourselves"
"Will you foolish creatures stop
this nonsense and listen to reason?"
"She means listen to her, MUIR
INJURED Jessie.
"'Tis exactly the same thing" re-
spended Dick, with a devoted bow
toward his wife, who ungratefully
ignored his "beisance.
sour great mistake before" she
continued, "was that we failed to
put our best foot forward"
eff my poor memory serves me-"
suggested Mr.. Whitaker, 1--WE tried
mighty hard to do it, on that occas.
ion."
eNo; we didn't, returned his wife
with great decision. "We did every
thing IN our power to emphasize our
weakest points. We spent our mon.
ey and strength in trying to get up
an imitation of the entertainment
given by our friends who keep a
cook and table waiter, and who fare
sumptuously every day. And we
failed"
''That we did," assented Jessie
George.
1--WE gave the relatives very bad
dinner
"Wild horses couldn't have drag
ged the admission out of me- said
Dick" but if you insist upon saying
so, I couldn think of contradicting
you"
"a very bad dinner,' repeated
Lofty, grimly, but with flush that
betrayed heart still sore to the
touch of housewifely pride, and we
gave them nothing to make up for it
We were so tired and worried and
mortified that we couldn't talk,
couldn't seem to enjoy it"
"My conscience /! Lofty ! you
wouldn't have us act such mon
strous lie?" cried her husband.
I'VE are going to enjoy it this
time,' said Lofty. sand so are the
relatives. We will give them the
best, not our worst. We can't com.
pete with them in elaborate dinners
and we won't try, but we can amuse
and entertain them as we'll as any
body"
''For instance" said jessie, "Dick
is quite as good a talker as Uncle
Thomson, when he hasn't turkey
to carve!''
"Hear! hear!" cried Dick rapt-
uously. "None of our friends can
sing as we'll as Jessie, and they all
like to hear her Why didn't you
sing, the last time, Jessie? | heard
Tom ask you, and it would have
helped us along ever so much
81 hadn't time to dust the inside of
the piano." said Jessie. 81 didn't
dare open III. L cOuldn ask cousin
Alice to play, just for that reason -
"You shall have a chance to dust
the piano for the next dinner-party, y
said Lofty, and to make some DO
quets. 1t WAS too bad, those lovely
flowers and vines that we ordered
from Richards greenhouse just
stayed in the back kitchen. No one
had time to touch them"
owe bought too many said Jessie.
1t would have taken Two hours to
arrange them properly. We won't
make that mistake again.
"Music, flowers, conversation, "
summed up Dick. rs there to be
any dinner? Couldn't you introduce
something little more substantial
like plate Of angels food, or a bask
ct of kisses. Or must it be all rea
son and flow of soul since that is
what we excel in?'
"No, sir" responded his wife
very promptly. There is to be ;
dinner, and q good dinner too
This is my plan for it: First, not :
great variety; second, no elaborate
messes, that lake tune, and are like
ly to fail; third everything especially
good of its kind
GLOW will you insure that?" ask